The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna Showing at Webster University

The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna Showing at Webster University
By Jaime Lees
Thu., Feb. 27 2014

Kathleen Hanna is best known as the singer for seminal punk band, Bikini Kill, but her cultural resume goes much deeper. She’s not only an artist, musician, ‘zine maker and feminist icon– Hanna is also considered the godmother of the Riot Grrrl movement. (More on that in our recent story here.)

Aside from her art, Hanna’s health and health care decisions have recently made the news, as well. In the film she reveals that she has Lyme disease (Note: ’90s children, click that “Lyme disease” link) and the impact it has had on her life. And just last month she gave an honest, unapologetic interview where she spoke openly about her decision to have an abortion as a teenager.